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Rescuers and firefighters intervene at the site of a car accident which killed 5 children and injured 4 people
Rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a car accident that killed five children and injured four people.Getty Images
Rescuers and firefighters intervene at the site of a car accident which killed 5 children and injured 4 people
Rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a car accident that killed five children and injured four people.Getty Images
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Rescuers and firefighters intervene at the site of a car accident which killed 5 children and injured 4 people
Rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a car accident that killed five children and injured four people.Getty Images
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Five children from the same family were killed in a fiery car crash in France, according to a report.

The tragic kids, ages 3 to 14, were killed Monday night when the driver of the minivan they were in lost control in Drôme in southwest France, the BBC reported.

The van rolled over several times and caught fire.

The family of nine was traveling in a van meant for seven people, according to Valence prosecutor Alex Perrin.

Four family members survived — three adults and a 7-year-old — and were flown by helicopter to a hospital in Lyon that treats burn victims.

The driver had told witnesses he had difficulty braking shortly before crashing.

Perrin said the intense blaze made it hard to identify the dead. Authorities are probing the cause of the crash.

French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted his condolences to the family.

“I share the immense pain of the relatives of the victims. My thoughts are also with those injured and all those who support them,” he wrote.

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